Daily Archives: March 17, 2004

Even though they allow for high-volume servicing and back-in-a-flash trips to the john, the point-and-shoot-a-stinky-deodorizer-cake oddity known as the men’s restroom urinal has been, for women, a constant enigma. But nothing will prepare you for the men’s room in the … Continue reading →

Mar 17, 2004 — The Town of Leesburg’s former director of Information Technology was sentenced this morning to four months in jail for stealing nearly $40,000 from the town to pay for escort services and to buy high-performance car parts … Continue reading →

Scientists have shown that the bubbles in a pint of Guinness really do move down instead of up. To mark St Patrick’s Day, a team of Scottish and US researchers has produced video evidence to show the bubbles being dragged … Continue reading →

The Dowbrigade has been smelling something fishy in the Department of Labor and Office of Management and Budget statistics for a while now. Although we don’t have an advanced degree in economics, it is obvious to any fool with half … Continue reading →

Derrick Z. Jackson, Boston Globe columnist and indefatigable crusader against the sham that is "amateur" collegiate sports in this country, especially football and basketball. The Dowbrigade has also written about the cruel dream of teen transcendence into professional sports, an American … Continue reading →